Sophie
Adams is engaged, but the second she sees sexy Evan Howell, she wants him. When
her fiancé dumps her, Evan is there to catch her. And show her a passion she’d
never dreamed of before, drawn from his dark experiments into sexual magick, a
magick that has driven more than one man insane. Enthralled by the new world
Evan introduces her to, Sophie wants more.

Evil follows them
across the Atlantic. From Arthurian Cornwall to New York, Mordred, cursed son
of King Arthur, stretches his evil influence to encompass Sophie, Evan and
everyone they love. Evan has already lost his sister to Mordred and his
supporters—he refuses to lose Sophie, too.

Evan, ex-convict
hacker turned CIA computer genius for Department 57, explores the dark side of
life. It will take all his skill to save Sophie from the danger threatening to
take her over, body and soul. All his skill—in the bedroom as well as out of it.

Together, the three
will embark upon a dance of danger, at the end of which there will be only two.
. .or one. . .or none

Extract

Sophie hadn’t realized the true meaning of the phrase “burning
eyes.” She did now. Hardly had she got to her feet when she found herself swept
up into his arms. Holding her close Evan moved rapidly across the large living
space in the direction of the staircase. She kept her gaze on his face, and saw
the hunger there, reflecting the hunger she knew lay deep in her own eyes.
He laid her on the bed, and Sophie had a fleeting thought that it was as well
no one had moved it, for he didn’t take his attention from her for a moment.
Only then did he follow her down and take her in a deep kiss that robbed her of
all reason. He propped himself on his elbows and stared down at her. “You want
this? Really? Because, Sophie, if you stay in this bed tonight, you’re never
going back to the other one unless it’s with me.”
“Oh yes,” she said.
“This morning you were stressed, and I was desperate. I knew I’d have to give
you the choice next time. I couldn’t take it for granted. I’ve wanted you since
I first saw you, baby. A fairy covered in dirt, fresh from uncovering secrets
hidden for centuries. I wanted to take you into the shower and wash every
beautiful inch of you and then take you to bed to keep you warm. Now I know you
better, I want a lot more than that.”
She saw the question in his eyes and knew it was reflected in her own. “I want
this, Evan.”
He kissed her and caressed her body, long sweeps of his hands from her hips to
her underarms and back again, cupping his hands to fill them with the curves of
her bottom. She reciprocated, touching his back, feeling his muscles move and
flex under her hands. She tugged at his shirt, pulling it free of his pants,
and heard his chuckle. “In a hurry, are we?” he teased, lifting himself on one
elbow.
She replied with a smile. “You might say that.”
“Well, we’re here until Cristos tells us otherwise. We might as well make the
most of it.” He glanced at her, and she smiled to show him she knew he wasn’t
serious. He ran his hand along the buttons of her shirt, undoing them as he
went.
She busied herself with his shirt. “Do you always do what Cristos tells you?”
“No.” His voice lowered to a dark purr. “But I don’t buck his authority just
for the hell of it. The decision made sense.”
He had undone her shirt. She sat up so he could take it off her. She leaned
forward and slipped his shirt down his arms so she could touch his chest. It
was strong, with well-defined muscle, hot to her touch and lightly furred. “You
feel good.” His indrawn gasp told her he enjoyed her caresses.
“So do you.” He opened her shirt and put his hands on her. She responded with
shivering recognition. He felt right, his touch a welcome thing.
Sophie flinched with the extra sensitivity, as though her experiences that
night had opened something new inside her. She needed this intimacy, with this
man, as she had needed no one quite that way before.

Monday, January 06, 2014

It was a weird year for me. The year of new
beginnings, in a writing sense. The first in a new historical series comes out
in the spring from Samhain, and next month, there’s a new book from Loose-Id, a
spin-off from the Department 57 books.

And I have a cover reveal for you! I love this. It’s
the first in a new series about a group of Talents working to save civilian
Talents from the organisation PLR, which is intent on destroying them. They
concentrate on the Talented version of the Witsec program, giving them new
identities.

So what do you think? It’s Texan vampires!

Lucille attends a masquerade and meets a real-life Regency rake. A young
vampire, she’s never met an old one like Jay before. Together, they burn up the
night, but in the morning, danger threatens. They find Lucille's brother, badly
hurt. The evidence is mounting: someone is trying to kill Lucille, and maybe
Jay.

The threat sends Jay's possessive instincts into overdrive. At first he just
wants to protect Lucille from her persecutors, the anti-vampire organization,
the PLR. Yet, soon, it's not enough for him. With the help of an old friend,
Jay plans to destroy the PLR, even though he knows even if he doestheir affair
can’t last. He’s too old and jaded and she’s too young and fresh. Plus, with
the danger threatening her life, she’ll have to use the Thorndyke network to
escape, change her identity, and never come back.

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With Dept 57, I still have Laurie’s story to tell, and
quite a few others! I want to tell the magician’s story, and the badass vampire
who seems to know so much about Cristos.

However, there are continuations, too. The Nightstar
series has three more books to go, and there are four new STORM books waiting
in the wings. However, only one of them is written! The others are planned,
contracted and I’ll be writing at least one in the first part of this year.

This month, the release is the Chemistry of Evil. It’s
out now, and I kept this newsletter back so I could be sure it was up at all
the outlets, or at least most of them. It’s been out before, twice. The first
version, published by Triskelion, is very different to the second version,
published by Loose-Id. I had a ball rewriting it the way I wanted it. This version
is the LI version, but cheaper. For January, it’s 99 cents, and is going up to
£3.99 in February. So if you have the Triskelion version, it’s worth a look,
but if you have the LI version, you probably don’t want to buy this one again. New
cover, though!

I can’t tell you how good this book has been to me. It
was my first paranormal romance, my first contemporary, introducing me to a
genre that I still love to write.